Tendulkar crosses the 14,000 mark

In yet another first, India's all time great Sachin Tendulkar became the only person to scale the 14,000 peak in Test cricket during their five-day match against Australia.

Needing 27 runs to reach the landmark, the 37-year-old cut off-spinner Nathan Hauritz through cover-point for a boundary and accomplished the feat in his 171st Test.

A packed Chinnaswamy Stadium crowd rose and gave the Indian maestro a standing ovation as Australian skipper Ricky Ponting came up to congratulate Tendulkar. At 12178, Ponting remains Tendulkar's nearest rival.

Incidentally, it was during Australia's last tour of India that Tendulkar crossed Brian Lara's record of most number of runs in Tests.

Lara (11953) occupies the third spot in the elite list of most runs in Tests but his position remains to be in danger with Rahul Dravid (11581) closing in on the gap.

Tendulkar also became the highest Test run-getter at Chinnaswamy Stadium scoring in excess of 600, eclipsing Sunil Gavaskar's total.